Deliver for Good Kenya: Launch Event Speaker Bios
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Deliver for Good Kenya: Launch Event Speaker Bios TERESA OMONDI - ADEITAN – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, FIDA KENYA @FIDAKenya Teresa is an advocate of the High Court of Kenya with 15-years’ work experience in governance and human rights. She has a Master’s Degree of Law from Georgetown University Washington D.C (USA) and a Master’s Degree in Gender and Development and a Bachelor of Laws from the University of Nairobi (UoN). Teresa is also a Chevening Fellow on gender, social development and citizenship (University College of London, UK) and a Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa Fellow (2017) Georgetown University Washington DC (USA). Teresa is now serving as the the Executive Director of the Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) Kenya, a leading female lawyer’s organization in Kenya that fearlessly promotes and protects women rights. Teresa has served FIDA Kenya for a total of 7 years. She has a passion for women and children rights with experience spanning family law, Women in leadership, reproductive health rights, strategic impact litigation and mediation. Teresa is also certified mediator trained by Mediation Training Institute (MTI) of the United States, she is gazetted to serve in the Victim Protection Board and the Judiciary of Kenya Court Mandated Mediation Taskforce. Prior to being the Executive Director at FIDA Kenya, she served as the National Coordinator of the International Rescue Committee (IRC) Kenya Women Empowerment Programme, Deputy Executive Director Transparency International, Executive Director of the Gender Violence Recovery Centre of the Nairobi Women’s Hospital, and as a gender expert at the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) currently known as UN Women. She has also provided gender expertise to various World Bank projects, the most recent being the East African Community (EAC) Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights (SHRA) Bill 2017. KATJA IVERSEN – PRESIDENT/CEO, WOMEN DELIVER @KatjaIversen Katja Iversen is the President/CEO of Women Deliver – a leading global advocate for investment in gender equality and the health, rights, and wellbeing of girls and women, with a specific focus on maternal, sexual, and reproductive health and rights. Iversen, an internationally recognized expert on development, advocacy, and communications, has more than 25 years of experience working in NGOs, corporates, and United Nation agencies. Previously, she held the position as Chief of Strategic Communication and Public Advocacy with UNICEF, a position she came to after almost six years of leading the team responsible for advocacy and communication on reproductive health with UNFPA. She holds a master’s degree in communications, bachelor's degree in public administration, and certificates in management, conflict resolution, and international development. Iversen has worked in global development for more than 20 years and has an extensive network within the UN, development communities, and global media. She has counseled and trained multiple Fortune 500 executives on cross cultural management and cross cultural communication. She is a member of the G7 Gender Equality Council, the Unilever Sustainability Advisory Council, the MIT Women & Technology Solve Leadership Group, Deliver for Good Kenya: Launch Event Speaker Bios and an International Gender Champion. Iversen was recently nominated to Apolitical’s Top 100 Most Influential People in Gender Policy. She is also a sought lecturer and speaker. PROFESSOR MARGARET KOBIA - CABINET SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF PUBLIC SERVICE, YOUTH, AND GENDER AFFAIRS @CSMargaretKobia Professor Margaret Kobia was nominated by President Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for Public Service, Youth and Gender Affairs in January 2018. Prior to this role, she served as the Chairperson of the Public Service Commission of Kenya for five years. Prof. Kobia has taught management, entrepreneurship and research methods at numerous universities across Kenya, and serves as the Vice President of the Board of Directors of the Commonwealth Association of Public Administration and Management. She has received numerous awards including the Order of Grand Warrior, the First Class Chief of the Order of the Burning Spear, and the Commonwealth Gordon Draper Award. Prof. Kobia holds a Ph.D in Human Resource Education from University of Illinois, Master of Education from Kenyatta University, and a Bachelor of Education from the University of Nairobi. HER ROYAL HIGHNESS CROWN PRINCESS MARY OF DENMARK 2018 The Crown Princess is a passionate advocate for health, gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls. She is committed to creating awareness, respect and ensuring compliance of women and girls´ sexual and reproductive health and rights, including access to family planning and the reduction of maternal and child mortality. Crown Princess Mary was a member of the High-Level Task Force for the International Conference on Population and Development and serves as patron of several international organisations and agencies, including the United Nations Population Fund and the World Health Organization Regional Office for Europe, but also a number of Danish NGOs: Danish Refugee Council and Maternity Worldwide. The Crown Princess is also an Influencer of Women Deliver’s ‘Deliver for Good Campaign’ and is a member of the ICRW Leadership Council. In 2007 the Crown Princess founded The Mary Foundation with the mission of fighting social isolation. Under her leadership the foundation brings together untraditional partners to develop and manage projects and programmes that focus on prevention, the creation of opportunities and empowering vulnerable individuals and groups who find themselves socially isolated. The foundation’s focus areas are: domestic violence, bullying and wellbeing and loneliness. Since its inception in 2014, Crown Princess Mary has been patron of the Global Fashion Agenda and an advocate for sustainability in fashion. She is a frequent speaker at international conferences and an honorary member of various associations and societies. Deliver for Good Kenya: Launch Event Speaker Bios FRIDAH GITHUKU – EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, GROOTS KENYA @Fridahgithuku / @Groots_Kenya Fidah Githuku is the Executive Director of GROOTS Kenya, a national movement of grassroots women in Kenya with a mission of enhancing effective engagement of grassroots women in mainstream development. She has invested her time organizing and building capacities of grassroots women and girls in the rural areas and poor urban settlement to advocate for their rights in political representation, control of productive assets, freedom from violence, sexual reproductive health and rights e.t.c Fridah has invested significantly in building the capacities of grassroots women to build resilience to climate change and disaster risk. She has represented GROOTS Kenya at different national and international development spaces. Fridah is passionate about the equal representation of women and men in different political and has in the past lobbied for inclusion of grassroots women in Land Control Boards, public water boards and so on. She is a strong supporter of women participation in competitive politics and has lead GROOTS Kenya team to have more grassroots women elected in the 2017 general elections in Kenya. She is currently working with a network of grassroots data advocate in using gender statistic to track implementation of SDGs at the county level ZACHARY MWANGI – DIRECTOR GENERAL, KENYA NATIONAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS (KNBS) @zmwangichege / @KNBStats Zachary Mwangi serves as the Director General of the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics and has over 25 years of experience in public service. He has expertise in official statistics, strategic management, surveys and census implementation, public policy analysis, budgeting, and project management. Prior to his current role, he was the Director of Macroeconomic Statistics at KNBS from 2008 to 2012. From 1991 to 2008, he worked in civil service rising to the position of Chief Economist in the then Ministry of Planning and National Development. He has coordinated the preparation of various publications including, the Annual Economic Survey reports, Quarterly GDP reports, Socio Economic Atlas, Public Expenditure Review reports, and District Development Plans. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Nairobi and a Master of Arts in Economic Policy Management from Makerere University in Uganda. Deliver for Good Kenya: Launch Event Speaker Bios DR. ROSE OLUOCH – GOVERNANCE AND PARTNERSHIPS COORDINATOR, SDG KENYA FORUM @Rosehubafrique / @SDGsKenyaForum Rose Oluoch has a PH.D. in curriculum development from Virginia Polytechnic and State University in USA, and a Masters Degree in education development from Stockholm University Sweden. Dr. Oluoch is a development specialist with a focus on public policy. She has over 15 years in policy analysis, capacity building, advocacy and lobbying including intergovernmental negotiations. Dr. Oluoch is a founding member of the SDG's Kenya Forum. She currently works as the Governance and Partnerships coordinator for Forum, a role that involves developing new partnerships and fundraising for the Forum’s activities. Dr. Oluoch has extensive experience of working with civil society, government, academic Institutions, and multilateral organizations. Previously whilst working with World Wild Fund -Africa she participated in High level policy engagements at the United Nations, Africa Union, East Africa Community, and the UN Economic Commission for Africa (among